The Killing of Sister George

Prisoner of her image imposed by the entertainment industry through the sweet Sister George and that lesbian image in IRL maintained by the society and the gay community, Jane is torn between the kitsch of Sister George and the Camp of Georgie-the-dyke, She is perpetually exposed to the loss of her own identity. The butch exists largely as a reaction against he mawkishness of Sister George. Once George is killed, who will be left to play?

Top badass moment? A film so far ahead of its time that it features lesbians before they even existed. Worth watching to see the brilliant Beryl Reid in full-on, bitch-from-Hell mode; and Susannah York just being, eh, there. Surprisingly undated, it's best enjoyed with a bottle of gin. I’m off to Amazon now to buy an Applehurst box set, the sort of top-draw drama that BBC can only dream of making nowadays, thanks to the freezing of the licence fee. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.

A bold, gripping and sometimes hilarious black comedy about jealousy, narcissism and despair. Excellent work by York and Browne and an absolute tour-de-force by Beryl Reid - intense, tragic and funny, often in the same scene, it's surely one of the great film performances of the sixties.

Viewed May 1, 2020.

Ano de centenário de Robert Aldrich filme #10 Jesus, como adoro esses filmes sobre old crazy hags que o Aldrich fazia nos anos 60! Este aqui não atinge a excelência de Baby Jane e Charlotte, mas certamente é crepuscular no bas-fond das dykes londrinas da época, além de retratar um relacionamento abusivo com maestria.

Another bad, nasty film from Aldrich adrift.